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    English Book Report Name: Ngai Hi Lin Class: 5CW Group: 5EN01 Name of book: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Black Cat Publishing Introduction of the author: Jane Austen was an English novelist of romantic fiction‚ which always set among the landed gentry. She wrote six novels in total‚ including Sense and Sensibility‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Mansfield Park‚ Emma‚ Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. We can usually see biting irony and social commentary in her books‚ and the plots

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    Pride and Prejudice is nowadays regarded as Jane Austen’s most enduringly popular novel. It was first published in 1813 and is a rewritten version of her earlier work First Impressions which had been refused for publication in 1797.1 Jane Austen worked on this novel during her most productive time‚ the first two decades of the nineteenth century. The setting of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ falls also to the time she lived and therefore delivers a detailed depiction of the existing society. The novel

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    class not only dominates the material sources of society‚ but also controls the intellectual modes of production. The ruling class circulates its ideas as the only rational‚ ideal‚ universal ideas‚ to maintain their hegemony. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was written much earlier‚ however even then class expectations restricted the English society. The novel is a critique of society through social satire by the means of social caricatures embodied in Mr. Collins and Lady Catherine de Burgh. The

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    Darcy’s prejudice is strongly rooted in him‚ but Elizabeth is able to break down some of his distaste for her‚ which eventually causes him to fall in love with her. Mr. Darcy‚ towards those he considers of lower status and regard‚ he is an aloof‚ condescending man. He holds the stupidity and silly behavior of the Bennet family with great contempt‚ all except for Elizabeth and Jane. Jane gains his respect‚ because she is a proper‚ civil lady‚ but Elizabeth has a greater affect on his prejudice. She is

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    In Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen opens the novel with the line‚ “It is a truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife” (Austen 3). In this line‚ Austen is mocking what was considered to be a societal norm in the nineteenth century: the trophy wife. In this particular line‚ the voice that makes this proclamation is feminine. Furthermore‚ the voice is not only feminine but it also seems to be annoyed by this particular societal norm

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    Summary: The original title for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was First Impressions. Even though Pride and Prejudice is a well thought out title for the novel‚ First Impressions is what the novel really is about. The novel is based on Elizabeth and what her impressions are about the people she decided to associate herself with. First Impressions The original title for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was First Impressions. Even though Pride and Prejudice is a well thought out title for

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    Pride and Prejudice: Elizabeth and Darcy In Pride and Prejudice‚ Darcy and Elizabeth first encounter at the ball in Meryton. Not such of a good impression they had on each other. Darcy’s first opinion is well understood as he says‚ “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me.”(Page 8) As Elizabeth overhears his critical comment‚ she dislikes Darcy in that very moment for being so proud and full of himself. As Darcy is being convinced to dance with Elizabeth he accepts while she refuses

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    together until the end (“Cooperation” def. 1). However‚ cooperation is not the only thing that a marriage should depend on. In the novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen conveys traits significant to a successful marriage. She presents a happily-ever-after type of relationship‚ making the reader fall in hopes of having a successful partnership; then compares it to a selfish‚ greedy‚ compassionless‚ civilized union. Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Gardiner present a successful marriage with their communication

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    Pride and Prejudice-Satirical Essay: The Limitation of the Choices of Women in Marriage‚ Property‚ and Independence Over the years the role women have occupied in society has drastically changed. In present times women are at the liberty to accomplish virtually any ambitions they have for themselves. However in prior time periods women were not allowed such freedom in their aspirations of the future. Nineteenth Century England‚ known as the Regency Era‚ is an example of one these time periods

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    Stephan Meyer Pride and Prejudice “It is a truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood‚ this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families‚ that he is considered the rightful property of some one ot other of their daughters” (Austen‚ Pride and Prejudice 1). These first sentences of Austen’s novel immediately

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